South Carolina has active efforts to protect its homeland security, thus providing employment for a number of professionals with expertise in this area. The average 2012 salary for some key homeland security positions is listed below. These values are followed by those for top earning professionals in the upper 10th percentile of their field. This information is from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Homeland Security Jobs
Mean Salary
Top 10th Percentile
Information Security Analysts
$67160
$106100
Supervisors of Protective Service Workers
$37820
$68270
Transportation Security Screeners
$35410
$41770
Given South Carolina’s mix of rural and urban locales, its homeland security wages were variable throughout the state. The top earning information security analysts earned higher than the state average in Charleston and Columbia. They made $117,610 and $109,310, respectively.
The supervisors of protective service workers who were in the top 10th percentile in Charleston also made more than the state average. Their wages were $66,200 on average.
The salaries of transportation security screeners were fairly uniform throughout the state. Those located in Greenville made slightly more on average: $36,140
The information shown in these tables was furnished by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and represents salary data for many of the different homeland security jobs one could find in South Carolina’s major cities.
South Carolina Information Security Analyst Salaries
Area name
Employment
Hourly mean wage
Annual mean wage
Hourly median wage
Hourly 75th percentile wage
Hourly 90th percentile
Annual median
Annual 75th percentile wage
Annual 90th percentile wage
Augusta-Richmond County GA-SC
70
37.71
78430
36.62
47.56
62.83
76170
98930
130690
Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville SC
280
29.42
61190
26.11
34.81
56.54
54310
72410
117610
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill NC-SC
1190
42.70
88810
42.78
52.62
60.87
88980
109450
126620
Columbia SC
250
36.49
75900
35.79
44.24
52.55
74450
92010
109310
Florence SC
30
31.44
65400
33.02
37.55
44.72
68680
78110
93030
Greenville-Mauldin-Easley SC
120
31.97
66500
30.55
37.14
50.52
63540
77250
105080
Spartanburg SC
Estimate Not Released
32.76
68140
32.34
39.90
48.85
67280
82990
101610
Upper Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area
Estimate Not Released
31.70
65930
31.01
40.84
46.45
64500
84960
96620
South Carolina Protective Service Workers Supervisor Salaries
Area name
Employment
Hourly mean wage
Annual mean wage
Hourly median wage
Hourly 75th percentile wage
Hourly 90th percentile
Annual median
Annual 75th percentile wage
Annual 90th percentile wage
Augusta-Richmond County GA-SC
130
22.58
46970
21.34
26.81
34.08
44390
55760
70880
Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville SC
80
23.09
48030
22.47
26.56
31.83
46750
55250
66200
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill NC-SC
460
23.26
48380
21.97
27.09
36.73
45700
56340
76410
Columbia SC
320
15.47
32170
13.28
16.32
27.39
27630
33960
56980
Greenville-Mauldin-Easley SC
50
17.31
36000
16.63
23.53
26.21
34590
48940
54520
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach SC
50
19.04
39600
18.74
21.84
22.89
38970
45420
47610
South Carolina Transportation Security Screener Salaries
Area name
Employment
Hourly mean wage
Annual mean wage
Hourly median wage
Hourly 75th percentile wage
Hourly 90th percentile
Annual median
Annual 75th percentile wage
Annual 90th percentile wage
Augusta-Richmond County GA-SC
40
16.59
34520
16.39
17.31
22.94
34080
35990
47710
Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville SC
130
16.86
35060
16.58
18.45
19.49
34480
38380
40540
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill NC-SC
480
16.93
35200
16.48
18.60
19.92
34280
38690
41440
Columbia SC
80
17.23
35830
17.00
18.35
20.08
35360
38160
41770
Greenville-Mauldin-Easley SC
100
17.38
36140
16.98
18.54
21.55
35310
38570
44830
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach SC
100
16.89
35130
16.69
17.81
19.97
34720
37030
41540
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